The principal data on special law offenses(including violation of ordinances,hereinafter the same)in2004are as follows.
                                Principal data for2004(special law offenses)
                                      Number of persons
                                            newly received by    (percent      (year-on-year change)
                                            public prosecutors   distribution)    
offices
[1]  Road Traffic Law violations                        768,721    (86.1%)  (-26,288)   (-3.3%)
[2]  Stimulants Control Law violations                   20,522     (2.3%)   (-1,565)   (-7.1%)
[3]  Immigration Control Law violations                  14,821     (1.7%)   (+1,218)   (+9.0%)
[4]  Vehicle Parking Spaces Law violations               14,174     (1.6%)   (-3,355)  (-19.1%)
[5]  Minor Offenses Law violations                       11,001     (1.2%)   (+3,774)  (+52.2%)
[6]  Wastes Disposal Law violations                       5,508     (0.6%)     (+653)  (+13.5%)
[7]  Poisonous and Deleterious Substances
           Control Law violations                               5,389     (0.6%)     (-315)   (-5.5%)
[8]  Firearms and Swords Control Law
           violations                                           5,297     (0.6%)      (+62)   (+1.2%)
[9]  Automobile Liability Insurance Law
           violations                                           3,661     (0.4%)     (+852)  (+30.3%)
[10]  Adult Entertainment Law violations                  3,418     (0.4%)     (+848)  (+33.0%)
      Others                                             40,746     (4.6%)  
      Total                                             893,258             (-24,436)   (-2.7%)
                                          (Source:Annual Report of Statistics on Prosecution)

Fig.1-2-1-1Number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for special law offenses(1949-2004)

  Persons newly received for violations of road traffic related laws(excluding those for non-penal offenses who have paid non-penal fines)accounted for87.6%of the total persons newly received for special law offenses and for34.9%of the total persons newly received by public prosecutors offices.
  Fig.1-2-1-1 shows the trend in persons newly received by public prosecutors offices since1949for special law offenses.
  Fig.1-2-1-2 shows the percent distribution of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for special law offenses excluding violations of road traffic related laws in2004.

Fig.1-2-1-2  Percent distribution of special law offenses excluding violations of road traffic related laws within the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices,by type of offense(2004)